title: CT findings in acute renal cortical necrosis.
abstract: Acute renal cortical necrosis has three characteristic findings on contrast enhanced CT: (a) lack of enhancement of the renal cortex, (b) enhancement of the renal medulla, and (c) absent renal excretion.
authors.affiliation: Radiology Department, San Francisco General Hospital, CA.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jordan
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Low
authors.forename: R B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Jeffrey
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D007672:Kidney Cortex / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D007673:Kidney Cortex Necrosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D007679:Kidney Medulla / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed